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Single-family home sales in Connecticut rose more than 2 percent in January, marking nine consecutive months of home sales increases in the state, according to a new report from The Warren Group.

The report states there were 1,435 single-family homes sold in January, up from 1,402 a year ago. More home sales were recorded that month than any other January since 2009.

"The modest increase in single-family home sales for January is smaller than the 6 percent increase that was recorded for the full year of 2013," said Timothy M. Warren Jr., CEO of The Warren Group, publisher of The Commercial Record. "We expect to see bigger gains once the spring market gets in full swing. I think there is pent-up demand that will drive home sales upward."

The median price for Connecticut single-family homes sold in January was $230,000, unchanged from January 2013.

Waterbury led the state in single-family home sales for January 2014 with 36 sold, up 90 percent from 19 a year ago. The median price for the city's single-family homes declined 29 percent, however, to $90,354 from $127,000.

Southington saw the greatest number of single-family homes sold in the region, with 19 coming off the market, down 21 percent from 24 in January 2013. The median price for Southington's single-family homes fell 24 percent to $215,000 this past January from $283,750 in January 2013.

Salisbury's median single-family home sale price of $332,500 was the region's highest for January 2014, during which six homes sold in town.

The town with the state's highest median sale price for single-family homes in January 2014 was Greenwich, where the median price was almost $1.7 million, up 38 percent from $1.2 million in January 2013. The town experienced 23 single-family home sales in January 2014, unchanged from a year ago.

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